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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 10h

Definitely agree but nevertheless no lies detected

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I figured you might have already done so!

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

surely Dr. Guest (@olivia.science) has written about this very thing, surely. if not, let's get on it, lmao.

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

for context: i believe that none of it (or very little of it) is done in the service of advancing theory and understanding underlying mechanism. this, to me, is the only reason to use models in the cognitive and psychological sciences, but perhaps i missed the memo!

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

this is somewhat ironic, i know, but i really cannot stand the deluge of AI papers in the field at the moment. everybody and their mama seems to have hopped on the train

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Cam Hostinar, Ph.D. @camhostinar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I am pleased to announce the launch of our new diamond open access journal Psychology Across Development (accepting submissions starting today!). We are a lifespan developmental journal. (1/3) escholarship.org/uc/psycdev

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Kelsey West (kelseywest.bsky.social), my co-first author, and I challenge this idea. I'll leave it to you to read the piece to see what, specifically, we are challenging.

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Kelsey West (@kelseywest.bsky.social)

assistant prof at U Alabama, studying language and motor development all opinions are my own

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🚨 New publication at Nature Reviews Psychology! (natrevpsychol.nature.com) rdcu.be/d2jxg7tYHWNa A recently published paper in the same journal argued that infants use two separate domain-specific systems -- naive psychology and naive physics -- to reason about objects and others' minds.

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Kirsten Read @kreadlab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

⭐ anyone have a new popular science, child development book rec? i'm looking for "book club" ideas for a senior seminar in developmental psychology next term. 📚 would love some fresh ideas!

static.klipy.com

Cute Chimpmunks in Green Hoodie

ALT: Cute Chimpmunks in Green Hoodie

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Mark Chin @mememedianmode.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Colleagues: what are your institutions doing to support international students given the threat to F-1 Duration of Status (D/S) and new CPT restrictions? I’m especially concerned about impacts on PhD timelines and optional summer internships. Would value hearing how others are responding.

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

and no i'm not yet done with my chapter (due at the end of this month) and yes i've nevertheless decided to start a new one

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

there's just something magical about creating a title page that makes a manuscript feel real and come alive (then i remember that the paper itself probably already exists somewhere in the Library of Babel)

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Cognitive Gadgets by Celia Heyes without question

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

European job ad that explicitly requires a FULL PROFESSORSHIP for an asst prof position

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I recently saw a "On the one hand, ... Alternatively, ..." construction and immediately became apoplectic.

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And 'on the one hand' requires 'on the other hand'. I didn't make the rules.

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Mark Haselgrove @markhaselgrove.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New Preprint! "Facilitation and Attenuation of Learning to Novel and Familiar Stimuli Through Contextual Mismatch: Experimental Evidence and a Computational Model" By @jialinshi.bsky.social and me. osf.io/preprints/ps...

osf.io

OSF

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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Done without Congressional approval and with no one in charge who is congressionally confirmed

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Francesco Poli @francescopoli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So excited to share that I will be starting my research group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology! 🥳 My lab will study curiosity and exploration across biological (and artificial) minds. I will recruit a PhD, a postdoc and an RA in the coming months, so please spread the word!

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Cam Hostinar, Ph.D. @camhostinar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If anyone is interested in applying to the UC postdoctoral fellowship and we have similar research interests, please reach out! The deadline is November 1. Many other faculty mentor options exist as well. ppfp.ucop.edu/info/

ppfp.ucop.edu

University of California | President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I share this story — which I heard during undergrad — because today I had to ask one of my students *only* to send me a paper draft when they thought they couldn't make it any better. My time is rather limited these days, & I'd rather not squander it reading drafts containing easily fixable issues.

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is the ninth draft. I know it's the best I can do." Kissinger looked at him and said, calmly: In that case, now I'll read it. He hadn't read a single version before.

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is an oldie but goodie: Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State, asked his aide to work on a report. He sent it back eight times with the same question. "Is this the best you can do?" On the ninth, the aide finally snapped - "Henry, I've beaten my brains out.

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Carolyn Baer @carebaer7.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm recruiting a graduate student for Fall 2027! Full funding, beautiful campus, and a great community to work in. International applicants welcome - Canada is a great place to be. More info about what I look for and the app process: www.trentdevminds.ca/join-the-lab www.trentu.ca/graduatestud...

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Lorijn Zaadnoordijk @lorijn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My first PhD student started today. I'm both excited and nervous! If anyone has any tips for me as fresh Doktormutter, I'd be happy to hear them...

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here's a fun question: If you had to estimate how many manuscript pages you've written to this point in your career -- be it for a journal article or chapter and published or published -- how many pages would that be?

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

turns out that making an extremely detailed outline helps with motivation (especially when writing something as open-ended as a chapter)

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Lauren J. Myers @proflaurenmyers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’ll be presenting next week @btscon.bsky.social on integrating undergraduate students into big team science projects in an advanced course. Come check out my presentation on Tuesday 10/6 at 2pm Eastern!

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anyone else like this? To get myself in the mood to write something, I like to read similar things. For example, I'm currently working on a chapter, and I'm struggling to find the motivation to write it. One thing that helps me find it is to read chapters written by my favorite scientists.

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jenna (jennadistefano.bsky.social), our editor extraodinaire, is really killing it with her interviews! Take a listen to the second episode of her segment, "A conversation with a future luminary."

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

sounds like something you should write about

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

little over one month to knock out this invited chapter. ready. set. go!!

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

People often don't appreciate that the very capacity to learn itself is innate!

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Benton, D. T. (2025). An associative-learning account of how infants learn about causal action in animates and inanimates: A critical reexamination of four classic studies. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(2), 497–521.

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I couldn't agree more with this. And for some (two) shameless plugs: Benton, D. T., & Hoch, J. E. (2026). An associative learning account of how saliva becomes a cue for comfort. Child Development, aacag119.

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yeah -- this, and the other MB findings, have really got me thinking...

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Lauren J. Myers @proflaurenmyers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Want a little distraction that can help me with a class demo in Intro Psych? Take a short (1-2 minute) color perception test at ismy.blue Then report your results in the google form below! I'll post a figure of results by gender and age later this week. 🙂 forms.gle/dPkMztpNLNQK...

ismy.blue

Is my blue your blue?

Test your color perception with this interactive test.

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm a little reticent to say this for fear of it backfiring but I think, for the first time ever, I'm all caught up on my reviewer assignments.

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I aspire to be you when I grow up

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ooh can't wait (even if it was Rescorla Wagner). (On that note I am cooking up a RW-adjacent project)

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is absolutely positively not a flex but please tell me I'm not the only prof who doesn't practice talks beforehand (mostly because too busy and don't begin building prezi until way too close to the talk)? A downside? Almost always I have too much content

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Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'd hate to see what not comfy looks like (at least for the black and white pup)

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